Radiation Oncology/Therapy: Page 334

NAS revenues up in Q1, but loss widens
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Strong growth in its prostate brachytherapy business helped drive North American Scientific (NAS) to an 11% increase in revenue in its fiscal first quarter of 2008. However, increased debt-related expenses contributed to a higher quarterly net loss for the Chatsworth, CA-based firm.
March 19, 2008
Siemens joins particle therapy center project
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare of Erlangen, Germany, will participate in creating and operating the first particle therapy center in northern Germany.
March 18, 2008
FDA clears Xoft brachytherapy device
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared new indications for a brachytherapy device from Xoft of Sunnyvale, CA.
March 16, 2008
Brachytherapy's change of direction: Directional sources may help more patients benefit from APBI
By Tami Freeman
Accelerated partial-breast irradiation (APBI) offers a faster and more localized alternative to whole-breast external-beam radiotherapy, and can be delivered via interstitial brachytherapy, using multiple catheters placed in the breast. Unfortunately, APBI is not suitable for all patients due to radiation toxicity to the skin and chest wall. But researchers have developed a new brachytherapy scheme that could overcome this limitation and enable more patients to benefit from APBI.
March 16, 2008
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Quality of care dictates follow-up of incidental CT findings on radiotherapy planning scans
By Barbara Boughton
incidental findings on CT scans for radiotherapy planning present a bit of a puzzle. Studies have shown that the incidence of these findings is low and that many are clinically insignificant. But radiation oncologists have a clear duty to report incidental findings from a clinical and legal perspective.
March 12, 2008
Siemens nets U.K. Artiste order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare of Erlangen, Germany, has received an order for its Artiste radiation therapy system from the Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in the U.K.
March 11, 2008
PET/CT beats 3T MRI in whole-body primary tumor staging
By Rob Skelding
VIENNA - Finding how far a patient's cancer has spread is critical in planning and optimizing treatment. Various imaging techniques now provide indispensable tools for staging primary tumors, but a new comparative study found fused whole-body PET/CT to be significantly more accurate than whole-body MRI -- even at 3 tesla -- for primary tumor staging.
March 9, 2008
Infinite Planning Solutions, Radiation Oncology Resources merge
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Infinite Planning Solutions (IPS) and Radiation Oncology Resources (ROR) have merged, combining their client base, staffing, and remote treatment planning operations.
March 9, 2008
Elekta completes CMS purchase
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation oncology firm Elekta has closed on its acquisition of radiation treatment planning firm CMS of St. Louis.
March 4, 2008
NAS CFO resigns
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm North American Scientific (NAS) said that senior vice president and chief financial officer (CFO) James Klingler has resigned, effective March 21.
March 4, 2008
FDG-PET/CT aids in radiation therapy planning
By Wayne Forrest
For head and neck carcinoma, using FDG-PET/CT leads to more accurate staging, appropriate changes in radiation therapy planning, and potentially superior patient outcomes, according to a new study by researchers from Wisconsin.
March 4, 2008
Breast IMRT without the overspill
By Paula Gould
An alternative intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) planning approach spares healthy structures from small, but significant, levels of radiation. IMRT has been recognized as a promising way to prevent breast cancer recurrence in patients who have opted for conservative surgery. Researchers in Alabama have devised a beam arrangement that delivers the benefits of IMRT, but without upping the low-dose overspill.
March 2, 2008
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